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Mythology Chapter Quiz 7

_____ 1. The personification of the deep, chartless ocean, born to at the beginning of time: (a) (b) (c) (d)

_____ 2. The brother of and master of the ocean: (a) (b) Nereus (c) (d) Pontus

_____ 3. The personification of the encircling ocean, one of the who did NOT end up in : (a) Nereus (b) (c) Pontus (d) Proteus

_____ 4. Old man of the encountered by , known by the many different forms he can take, as well as his prophetic abilities: (a) (b) (c) Poseidon (d) Proteus

_____ 5. The wife of Poseidon is: (a) (b) (c) (d)

_____ 6. The are: (a) of storm stirred up by Poseidon (b) kindly female spirits of the ocean (c) the personification of the welcoming shore (d) the favorable winds that carry ships on a steady course

_____ 7. Polyphemus is the son of: (a) Nereus (b) Pontus (c) Poseidon (d) Triton

_____ 8. The most complete account of the love of Polyphemus and Galatea (partly reproduced in ML) was written in approximately: (a) 700 BCE (b) 450 BCE (c) 330 BCE (d) 10 AD

_____ 9. Thetis, who had a special friendship with Zeus, was married to (a) Apollo (b) (c) (d)

_____ 10. Polyphemus was (a) a handsome sailor (b) a Cyclops (c) a merman (Triton) (d) deposed king

_____ 11. Which is NOT associated with Poseidon? (a) storms at sea (b) taming horses (c) earthquakes (d)

_____ 12. One of the most central elements of Poseidon’s iconography is (a) he blows on a conch shell (b) he rides a dolphin (c) he carries a (d) he approaches the shore carried in a clam shell

_____ 13. The most famous child of is: (a) (b) (c) Gaia (d) Name: ______

_____ 14. Which of the following is NOT true of Sirens: (a) they turn whoever looks at them into stone (b) they were once beautiful young maidens (c) their beautiful song lures sailors to their deaths (d) they are part bird, part

_____ 15. Charybdis is: (a) a (b) a whirlpool (c) a (d) a Nereid

_____ 16. lives as a in a cave because: (a) she was imprisoned there by Heracles (b) she could not live among the (c) she had an affair with Poseidon and Amphitrite transformed her into a monster (d) she had escaped from Tartarus, where she had been imprisoned with the other Titans

_____ 17. Which is NOT a descendant of Poseidon: (a) Nereus (b) The Gorgon Medusa (c) (d) Pegasus

_____ 18. The are: (a) creatures who fly down and snatch away souls (and anything else that happens to be lying around) (b) three old women who share an eye, a tooth, and prophetic ability (c) that guard the apples of the (d) daughters of Proteus